According to NASA, the tests help validate the launchescapesystem for the in-flight abort demonstration.
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SpaceX intends to fly crews in its Dragon capsule and is developing a launchescapesystem for the purpose.
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A do-it-yourself spaceflight program called Copenhagen Suborbitals tested their own launchescapesystem early on Sunday, Aug. 12 in the middle of the Baltic Sea.
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LaunchEscapeSystem Test II Some month ago we performed our first LES-test using a hybrid rocket engine and Tycho Deep Space-I.
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The upcoming test of the LaunchEscapeSystem follows the launch of a 19-foot-tall hybrid rocket, called SMARAGD-1, which proved a partial success.